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NCCCMA Summer Seminar

Thursday, June 21

Agenda	Time & Location
Executive Committee Meeting and Continental Breakfast	9:30 - 11:30 a.m. Cape Lookout / Cape Fear
Registration Desk Open	10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Lobby
Golf Tournament - Beaufort Club, 300 Links Drive, Beaufort Click Here to Register	Registration begins 10:00 a.m. Shotgun start at noon
Opening Networking Get-Together Hosted by the Sustaining Membership Committee, which works to develop and implement strategies to increase and sustain the membership of the Association and ICMA. Featuring Jolly Mon Jams ~ steel drummer Bill Willetts	6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pool deck/patio

Friday, June 22

Agenda	Time
Registration Desk Open	7:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Foyer
Full Buffet Breakfast	7:30 - 8:15 a.m. Atlantic / Hatteras / Pamlico
General Session: Retrospect: What We Learned Before, During, and After Tom Lundy, retired County Manager, Catawba County Charles Penny, retired City Manager, City of Rocky Mount You are encouraged to bring your spouse or significant other to this session!	8:15 - 9:00 a.m. Atlantic / Hatteras / Pamlico
Break	9:00 - 9:15 a.m.
General Session: How to Build a Strong Partnership with Your Economic Development Professional This session is being organized through a joint effort with the North Carolina Economic Development Association (NCEDA). Three seasoned economic development professionals will discuss how City/County Managers and Economic Developers can work together to foster economic development in their communities. NCEDA believes that it is important for local economic developers and managers to understand the importance of developing a strong partnerships. Moderator: Rick Hester, County Manager, Johnston County Panelists: Chuck Abernathy, Executive Director, McDowell Economic Development Association; Don Kirkman, Economic Development Director, Carteret County; Dr. Pat Mitchell, Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Appalachian State University PPT Slides: Kirkman \| Mitchell	9:15 - 10:30 a.m. Atlantic / Hatteras / Pamlico
Break	10:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Threats and Disaster Management in Coastal Communities Now is the time to evaluate and develop a plan for the potential threats and disasters facing your community. Panelists will discuss the vulnerabilities commonly shared across North Carolina and the unique challenges facing coastal communities, and will examine planning, communications, responses, resources, trends lessons learned from direct experiences. Facilitator: David Cotton, County Manager, Onslow County Presenter: Norman Bryson, Emergency Services Director, Onslow County Panelists: Tommy Burns, County Manager, and Jen Sawyer, Emergency Management Coordinator, Carteret County; Sheri Slater, Assistant County Manager, Consolidated Human Services, and Ben Warren, Assistant County Manager, Onslow County	10:45 a.m. - noon (Concurrent Session) Cape Lookout
Strategic Plan Implementation: No Dust Allowed This session will delve into key strategies that ensure your strategic plan doesn't become another addition to your dusty bookshelf. Learn how to go from setting vision to accomplishing initiatives that lead to goal achievement. And learn how the City of Durham has prioritized implementation since the creation of its first Strategic Plan in 2011. We will also share examples from communities of a variety of sizes. Speaker: Josh Edwards, Assistant Budget Director of Strategy & Performance, Innovation Team Director, City of Durham	10:45 a.m. - noon (Concurrent Session) Cape Fear
Luncheon and General Session: Time to Yield What Is Impossible to Keep Entertaining and insightful political consultant John Davis connects all major state, national, and international political developments, trends and advantages to forecast the likely winners of 2018 state and federal elections. Speaker: John Davis	Noon - 1:15 p.m. Atlantic / Hatteras / Pamlico
Reflection on My Year as President John Connet, City Manager, City of Hendersonville	1:15 - 1:30 p.m. Atlantic / Hatteras / Pamlico
NCACC and NCLM Updates	1:45 - 3:00 p.m. NCACC: Cape Fear NCLM: Cape Lookout
Afternoon on Your Own
Reception, sponsored by the Crystal Coast Tourism Authority	6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Pool deck/patio

Saturday, June 23

Agenda	Time
Registration Desk Open	7:00 - 10:00 a.m. Foyer
Full Buffet Breakfast and Business Meeting	7:30 - 9:15 a.m. Atlantic / Hatteras / Pamlico
Break	9:15 - 9:30 a.m.
General Session: Leadership Lessons from the Founders The Founders were keenly aware in 1776 that no republic of any scale had ever lasted. Today, the United States stands as the most enduring and successful republic in history and representative government is the most dominant form of government in the world. The Founders bent the arch of history by diagnosing popular government’s chief challenge more clearly than any previous generation and then devising a bold new solution to it. Republics usually failed, they concluded, because of partisan contention. To save the United States from the same fate, they separated powers more than any previous republic. Only solutions that attracted broad support should make it through the gauntlet. Solutions that could only attract narrow partisan support should be blocked. Recent research reveals that Congress is now the most polarized in history. At a time when it’s needed more than ever, Keith Allred will discuss lessons from the Founders and modern social science research on how leaders can deliver the broadly supported solutions that the Constitution requires. Speaker: Keith Allred	9:30 a.m. - noon Atlantic / Hatteras / Pamlico